Implement for puttying seams



(No Model.)

J. I-IAWKSLEY. IMPLEMENT FOR PUTTYING SEAMS.

No. 471,115. Patented Mar. 22, 1892.

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JOHN HAIVKSLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPLEMENT FOR PUTTYING SEAMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,1 15, dated March 22,

Application filed March 28, 1891. Serial No. 386,833- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HAVVKSLEY, of the city and county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Implement for Puttyi'ng Seams, especially adapted to the puttying of scams or crevices in floors, of which invention the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved implement; Fig. 2, a plan and Fig. 3 an elevation, of the rear end.

Like numeralsin all of the figures indicate similar parts.

Heretofore the operation of puttying seams in floors has been as follows, to wit: The workman, first taking a given quantity of putty in his left hand, inserts into the same the well-known putty-knife, removing 0n the end of the knife a given quantity of the putty, which he then presses with the flat'of the blade into the seam and afterward scrapes off the surplus putty with the edge of the knife. This method of performing the work is a slow and tiresome one.

My improvement consists in forcing the putty into the seam by a roller that is propelled by the hand of the operator longitudinally'over the seam and then removing the surplus putty by a scraping-knife forming part of the implement and which immediately follows the roller.

1 in the drawings is the handle of the implement above referred to, which is provided with the arms 2 3, made integral therewith, and which may be made of any cast metal or of wood.

4 is the roller, to be made, also, preferably, of cast iron or brass, and is mounted loosely between said arms on the axis 5, which has its bearings in the arms 2 3.

6 7 are supporting-legs at the rear end of the implement, which niay also be made integral with the body thereof or separate and bolted thereto, as preferred, and which, preferably, may be provided with casters, as

shown at 8.

9 is the scraper, which consists of a thin blade of steel the width of the ordinary puttyknife. It is attached at one end, as shown at 10, to the rear end of the implement, and its free end extends forwardly under the body of the latter and toward the roller. The dotted lines 11 exhibit the scraper when not applied to the floor.

In practice the operator applies the putty to the seam with his left hand and immediately propels the roller and scraper over the putty and seam with his right hand, when it will be found that the putty will be compactly forced into the seam by the roller, a moderate pressure of the hand of the operator being applied to the implement, and the surplus putty will be removed by the scraper, leaving a smooth surface on the floor.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat:

JOHN HAIVKSLEY.

WVitnesses:

GEo. W. REED, CHAS. O. COLLIER. 

